Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-09-12
gadies' Column.
JOSIAH and Samantha on The
Street Car

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70 bn fashionable, while we are il
fashionable circles"
Ifelt hurt But didn't feel righ
to stop him. s. he seemed bent Bu
pretty soon I whispered 70 him. ans
szys /:
For s man thst has been 80 sw-
ful polite 70 u. the gentleman seem.
drerful sort O. cool and Indifferent Z
u. he hain't spoke a word 70 Us
Fashion = whispered Josiah- II
i the WAYS of high life 70 not motto
things. He i aetin- distant and gen
teel.
And Josiah tried 10 put on more
Indifferent and distant look onto hi
face s. he looked ST ne. Why. he
looked s. Indifferent 81 me s. II
wuz lyon. : strange lyon passin'
bv him axiiental. and 5 fur OF. s. II
l wuz in Loontown.
But KNOWN what he WIZ irwin 70
do. l didn't feel Ike breakin' Il up
But anon. or nearly st that time. he
forgot himself. and whispered 70 ne.
s. he looked up over the door:
If l wuz $ rich man samantha.
I could have clock in ny carriages
ani cutters.
looked up and see Il WIZ 5 clock.
hut hadn't on nv zpecks. and ,Io-
siah had. and SAYS I. What time :
il JOSIAH
wall says he. 1T seems 70 *
about haIf-psst 90
why. Josiah Allen says l. I'll
czn-r be There never WIZ such
: hour
says he. Don't mo-tify Ne BY
actin' astonished. Il Il au right. I,
i fashionable 70 keep late hours.
the later the better. they have prob
ably set the pointers round"
took ny specks ont OF ny peck
q. and put en- on. and sure enough
II was Just s. he said. Il the clock
WIZ right and such = gentleman
s. that wouldn't probably have i
bad time-keeper. Il WIZ just half
past ninety the pinters wouldn't lie
But il WIZ : great mystery. and
don't 70 this day know what 70 make
Of Il.
NAV be fashion. S+nce goin-
round tie village. and seem more.
and seem how hurried and anxious
snd restless the folks 81 seem. T
thought that mebhy they needed +
more hours hare. - b restless II. .
and Uneasy. and mebby time went
faster. and they wuz 3 hurryin IL
ketch Il But most probably Josiah .
WIZ right-nost probable the gen
tl5man wuz very fashionable and .
known il WIZ genreeI 10 keep very
late hours. he had so- the pinterS
round
Wall. the driver come II pretty
soon. and he said 70 me-said i right .
out 70 ne il broad daylight. and /.
sertin' right by NJ pardner-
You are fair
He WIZ : good-lookin' iron grey .
man. and didn't look 81 Il he meant .
70 b mean. and I answered him VIII.
dignity: I
40 I have been told time and .
again."
But he spoke out with more en-
phaSis:
You are fair.
WALL" says I. You needn't .
make such : fuss about Il If I be- /
and then not bein' one 70 hold our
no false hopes. l says. I am
woman on tower. and this F
i ny lawful pardner By my side
But Josiah nudged me-. and says
he. Don't get excited. Samantha. i
i the ways OF fashionable life. tb+v
pass sights OF compliments back .
and forth. sights OF em'-but they .
don't mean en- says he. Iookin-
critically in ny faee---they don't
mean en-
I believe Josiah Allen WIZ Jealous
But before We had time 70 handy F.
anv more words back and forth about
nv looks. the man spoke ont. and .
SAYS 70 Josiah:
Ten cents II You please
Josiah took II right ont and .
handed II 70 him. and whispered .
u me with Z shrewd wink. He f
wants 70 get 3 drink. Samantha: F
that i one OF the ways Of high life. +
goin' out 10 get drinks. anon. and i
sometimes oftener."
Oh. how genteel Josiah's axent f
WIZ. and distant
And I SAYS. NO doubt Il viii b
high life before he gets through Will
Il. but you wouldn't have gin him
one cent. Josiah Allen. Il I had
what he wanted Il for"
Every little while the gentleman
who owned the carriage would have
Il stop and take in other ladies and
gentlemen. he WIZ just that liberal
make 70 him-and there he sot not
seemin' 70 notice what he WIZ dom
and his wife sot just a. quiet and
yenteel on the other side Of the
not noticin' anything apPar-
.ntly. Such open-handed creeters l /
never see But most probably they
Tuz able l dare presume 70 say.
hey had more money than they knew
What N do with And r1~e--- soon